The commissioner of public safety, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint such deputies, inspectors, officers, clerical workers and other employees as may be required to properly discharge the duties of this department.
The commissioner may delegate to the members of the Iowa highway safety patrol such additional duties in the enforcement of this chapter as the commissioner may deem proper and incidental to the duties now imposed upon them by law.
The salaries of all members and employees of the department and the expenses of the department shall be provided for by the legislative appropriation therefor. The compensation of the members of the highway patrol shall be fixed according to grades as to rank and length of service by the commissioner with the approval of the governor. The members of the highway patrol shall be paid additional compensation in accordance with the following formula: When members of the highway patrol have served for a period of five years their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described five-year period; when members thereof have served for a period of ten years their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described ten-year period, such sums being in addition to the increase provided herein to be paid after five years of service; when members thereof have served for a period of fifteen years their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described fifteen-year period, such sums being in addition to the increases previously provided for herein; when members thereof have served for a period of twenty years their compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing described twenty-year period, such sums being in addition to the increases previously provided for herein. While on active duty each member shall also receive a flat daily sum as fixed by the commissioner with the approval of the governor for meals while away from the office to which the member has been assigned and within the member's district.
A collective bargaining agreement entered into between the state and a state employee organization under chapter 20 made final after July 1, 1977, shall not include any pay adjustment to longevity pay authorized under this section.
[C27, 31, § 5017-a1; C35, § 5018-g9; C39, § 1225.12; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 80.8]
Referred to in § 97A.1
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